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Putin's lesson justifying his decision to recognize breakaway regions gets some facts right, but ignores the lion's share of Eastern European history in service of his objectives
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out his version of Ukraine’s history, saying essentially that Ukraine was always part of Russia.